Karli woke up around seven the next morning. She looked around and saw that Sam was still asleep and Dean was gone. She rolled out of bed and walked over to her bag and pulled out a pair of jeans and a long sleeved shirt she stole from Dean. She looked back at Sam to make sure he was okay before she walked out of the room and down the hall. She turned around quickly, feeling as though someone was watching her, but didn't see anyone.
"Great, I'm going crazy." Karli mumbled walking down the stairs. She looked around and saw Dean walking in the front doors. She smiled immediately and ran over to him.
"Hey." Dean said, surprised to see her awake already, "Happy birthday." He wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head.
"Thanks." Karli looked up at him. "Where's my present?"
"That all you think about?" Dean asked. Karli smiled and nodded her head. "Of course." Dean pulled away from her and pulled out two boxes, one long and the other small. He handed the long one to her first.
"I get two?" Karli asked and smiled. "Yay me." Karli opened it and saw a silver necklace with a silver heart dangling from it. "Dean, it's beautiful." Karli smiled and looked up at him. He was smiling down at her.
"And that's only the first one." Dean told her, handing her the other box. Karli's smile widened when she opened it and saw a beautiful silver ring looking up at her.
"Dean." Karli said softly.
"It's a claddagh ring. The crown represents loyalty. The hands represent friendship, and the heart." Dean was cut off by Karli leaning up and kissing him lovingly.
"It's perfect." Karli told him.
"When the heart is pointed out, it means your free. When it's pointed in." Dean took the ring out of the box and put it on her right ring finger, "It means your heart is taken."
"You stole that from Buffy." Karli said, looking at him pointedly.
"So?" Dean asked. Karli laughed and shook her head. "Here, lets put this on." Dean took the necklace from Karli and she turned around and moved her hair. Dean fastened it and kissed her neck softly while her hair was still up. Karli jumped slightly and he smirked.
"I love doing that." Dean told her. Karli smiled and shook her head.
"Thanks Dean." Karli said, hugging him again. "I love you."
"I love you too Karli." Dean said, kissing her again. They jumped apart when they heard someone clearing their throat. They turned to see Susan looking at them.
"Sorry." Karli said, blushing slightly. Dean took her hand and led her upstairs.
"Sammy still sleeping?" Dean asked.
"He was when I left." Karli told him. Dean opened the door and walked into the room. They saw that Sam wasn't in bed anymore. They walked over to their bed and looked at the mirror that reflected Sam who was in the bathroom, kneeling in front of the toilet.
"How you feelin Sammy?" Dean asked laughing as Sam made a sickly groaning noise. "I guess mixin whiskey and yager wasn't such a gangbuster idea." Dean took off his jacket and threw it on the bed and smirked again.
"This is like the funniest thing ever. I never thought I'd see Sam get drunk like that before." Karli said, trying not to laugh.
"Hey, I bet you don't remember a thing from last night do you?" Dean asked, both him and Karli hoping he'd say no.
"Oh I can still taste the tequila." Sam groaned sickly.
"You know there's a really good hangover remedy, it's a greasy pork sandwich served up in a dirty ashtray." Dean told him, smirking.
"Oh I hate you." Sam groaned from the bathroom.
"I know you do." Dean said, laughing.
"Don't tease him." Karli said, hitting his arm lightly. She turned and walked over to the bathroom door and leaned against the right side while Dean came up behind her and leaned on the left.
"Hey, it turns out when Grandma Rose was a tyke, she had a Creole nanny who wore a hoodoo necklace." Dean told him.
"So you think she taught Rose hoodoo?" Sam asked.
"Yes I do." Dean nodded.
"All right." Sam got up from the floor and walked over to them, breathing heavily "I think it's time that we talked to Rose then."
"You need to brush your teeth first." Dean said, groaning and turning away. Karli nodded and walked to the other side of the room while Sam closed the bathroom door.
They walked up to Susan's room and knocked on the door a few times before Sam picked the lock and they piled into the room. Dean closed the door behind them and they looked around to make sure everything was clear before walking over to another door and opening it. There was a set of stairs inside and Karli smirked.
"Happy, you got your secret passage way." Dean smirked down at her and looked around before walking up the stairs. When they reached the top, they looked to the right and saw a door that was partially open and they could see light streaming through it. They walked slowly over to it and opened it quietly. Inside there was a woman sitting in a wheelchair.
"Mrs. Thompson." Sam spoke up as they walked in. She didn't move so he tried again "Mrs. Thompson?" Still she didn't move. "Rose." Sam tried as they stood in front of her and saw her looking at them, "Alright Mrs. Thompson, it's okay. We're not here to hurt you. Rose?" She seemed like she wanted to say something but she couldn't get the words out. Sam gave Karli and Dean a look and they followed him back behind Mrs. Thompson to a spot where she couldn't hear them.
"This woman's had a stroke." Sam told them.
"Yeah, but hoodoo's hands-on…" Dean started.
"Yeah." Sam nodded.
"You gotta mix herbs, and chant, and build an altar." Dean finished.
"So it can't be Rose." Karli told them.
"Heck, maybe it's not even hoodoo." Sam said.
"You know, she could be faking." Dean pointed out.
"Yeah, what do you wanna do, poke her with a stick?" Sam asked sarcastically. Dean gave a slight shrug and nod. "Dude, you are not gonna poke her with a stick!"
"What the hell." They all turned and saw Susan standing at the door, "What are you doing in here?" She walked over to Rose.
"We-We just wanted to talk to Rose." Dean and Sam both said at the same time.
"Look at her, she's scared out of her wits." Susan said, looking down at Rose and then up at the three of them. "I want you out of my hotel in two minutes or I'm calling the cops." She told them. They looked at each other and left the room, walking down the stairs and hurrying to their room.
"Okay, we gotta work on lookout." Karli said, walking into their room and grabbing her bag.
"Yeah, well we gotta get the hell out of here first." Dean said, grabbing his bag and leading her outside, Sam following behind them. They walked down the stairs and out the door to where the Impala was parked.
"And it's raining on my birthday, how fair is that?" Karli asked, throwing her bag into the trunk and jumping into the car. Dean got in and started the car and drove away from the hotel while Susan watched them from the steps. "Now what are we gonna do about the killings?"
"We'll have to sneak back later or something." Sam said as they drove down the road.
Karli sat in a booth beside Dean at a small fast food place less than a mile away from the hotel.
"If it's not hoodoo, what is it?" Dean asked.
"I dunno, with all the hoodoo symbols, that's the only thing I got." Sam told him. Karli remembered the feeling of someone watching her before and looked up.
"A spirit." Karli told them.
"Why a spirit?" Sam asked.
"Last night and this morning, I felt as though someone was watching me. I turned and never saw anyone. It's just a thought." Karli said softly.
"Alright, if it is a spirit, who could it be?" Dean asked.
"We have to try and talk to Susan." Sam told them. Karli shook beside Dean, causing him to look down.
"Oh hell." Dean said, getting out of the booth. Karli followed behind him and they ran out to the Impala. Dean started it up and sped off to the hotel. They stopped a short way away and looked around for Susan. Karli saw the swings in the small playground moving by themselves and the teeter-totter moving up and down. They started walking toward her and saw Susan look back in shock. Sam ran and pushed Susan away as her car just missed them and slammed into a tree. Karli and Dean ran over to them, helping both of them up.
"Are you okay?" Sam asked her.
"I think so." She nodded slightly.
"Come on, lets get inside." Dean said, helping Susan up and they all ran back into the hotel. They walked into the bar so Susan could sit down.
"Whiskey." She said, panic audible in her voice.
"Sure." Sam said, walking over to the bar, "I know the feeling."
"What the hell happened out there?" Susan asked, looking up at Dean and Karli.
"You want the truth?" Karli asked.
"Of course." Susan said.
"Well at first we thought it was some kind of hoodoo curse. But that out there, was definitely a spirit." Dean told her truthfully.
"You're insane." Susan said, taking a drink from the glass Sam had just given her.
"That's been said." Dean said, shrugging.
"Look, I'm sorry Susan, we don't exactly have time to ease you into this but we need to know when you're mother had the stroke." Sam told her.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Susan asked.
"Just answer the question." Sam said.
"About a month ago." Susan told him.
"Right before the killings began. See, what if Rose was working hoodoo but not to hurt anyone. To protect them." Sam said, looking over at Karli and Dean.
"She was using the five spot urns to ward off spirits." Dean said, nodding.
"Until she had a stroke and she couldn't do it anymore." Karli nodded, understanding what they were saying.
"I don't believe this." Susan said, shaking her head.
"Listen, sister, that car didn't try to run you down by itself, okay? I mean I guess it did, technically, but if a spirit can" Karli gave him a look and he just shook his head, confusing himself "forget it."
"Look, believe what you want." Sam said, taking a seat across from Susan, "but fact is you and your family are in danger. Alright so you have to clear everybody out of here. Your employees, your mother your daughters. Everyone"
"Um..I only have one daughter." Susan told them.
"What?" Karli asked.
"I thought Tyler had a sister named Maggie." Dean said.
"No, Maggie's imaginary." Susan told them. Karli, Dean, and Sam all gave each other the same look before turning back to Susan.
"Where's Tyler?" Sam asked. Susan jumped up from her seat and ran out of the bar and up the stairs toward her room.
"Tyler!" Susan yelled, opening the door. Tyler wasn't in there but all of the dolls lay on the floor, most broken. Susan ran upstairs to where her mother was while Dean, Sam, and Karli searched the room.
"She's not here." Susan said, panicked.
"Susan, tell us what you know about Maggie." Sam told her.
"Not much, Tyler's been talking about her since mom got sick." Susan told her.
"Alright, did you ever know anyone by that name?" Dean asked.
"No." Susan said softly.
"Think, someone that could've lived here. Might've passed away." Karli said.
"My-My mom. She had a sister named Margret. She barely spoke about her." Susan told them.
"Did Margret happen to die here when she was a kid?" Sam asked.
"She drowned in the pool." Susan said, looking at all of them.
"Oh hell." Karli said quietly.
"Come on." Dean said, leading all of them out of the room. They ran down the stairs and through some rooms and exited out the back door. There was a small building back there and Karli started to run faster, running beside Dean. They got to the door and tried to open it but it was stuck.
"Tyler!" Susan yelled, banging on the window. Tyler looked back at her a second before she fell off the ledge and into the pool.
"Shit!" Karli yelled as She, Sam, and Dean tried to break down the door. They threw their bodies against it but the glass wouldn't break.
"Is there another entrance?" Dean asked.
"Around back." Susan told him.
"Alright, lets go. You two keep working." Dean and Susan headed around the building while Karli and Sam continued to bang on the glass doors, trying to break them. Sam looked around and grabbed a pot while Karli continued to bang against the door. Karli got frustrated and took her gun out from the back of her jeans. She aimed it at the glass and pulled the trigger. A small hole appeared in the glass, but it didn't shatter like Karli had hoped. Sam took the pot and began slamming it against the door. Karli put her gun away and continued to throw herself against the door while Sam worked on the other. Soon, Sam broke the glass to his door and ran inside. He jumped onto the railing then into the pool. Karli followed close behind him, making sure she didn't jump on him. The water was freezing and Karli tried to shake it off as she swam toward Sam and Tyler. Karli started to get caught in the plastic cover that was over the pool but eventually got herself untangled. When she came up, she saw Sam was going over to the side of the pool with Tyler in his arms. She wasn't moving as Sam put her down on the side. Susan and Dean ran in a second later and Karli walked over to the side and looked down at Tyler. She heard coughing and saw that Tyler was spitting up water. Susan grabbed her and sat her up to keep her from choking.
"Tyler do you see Maggie anywhere?" Sam asked when she had calmed down.
"No, she's gone." Tyler told them after looking around for a second.
"Alright, lets get you two out of there." Dean said, taking Karli's hands and helping pull her out as Sam helped lift her up. Dean took off his jacket and put it on Karli as Sam hoisted himself out of the pool.
"You guys should get out of here in case Maggie comes back." Karli said, looking over at Susan and Tyler.
"Alright." Susan said, leading Tyler away from the pool. Karli, Dean, and Sam followed, Karli still shaking from the cold. When they got back into the hotel, They all headed for Susan's room. Susan and Tyler had just gone upstairs to get Rose while they waited.
"I don't get it, did Maggie just stop?" Dean asked.
"It seems like it." Sam told him.
"Then where the hell did she go?" Dean asked. They turned when they heard a scream from upstairs and immediately started running, Karli running up last. When she got up there she saw Tyler and Susan both crying and Rose slumped forward, obviously dead.
"Oh god." Karli said softly, looking at her. Dean turned her around and they walked back down the stairs.
Karli watched with Dean and Sam as the coroners put Rose into the back of their car. They turned when they closed the door and walked over to Susan.
"The paramedics said it was another stroke." She told them. "Do you think Margret could've had something to do with it?"
"We don't know." Dean said.
"But it's possible." Karli nodded.
"Susan, I'm sorry." Sam told her.
"You have nothing to apologize for. You've given me everything." She gave him a small smile before turning as Tyler came up behind her. "Ready to go kiddo?"
"Yeah." Tyler said in a small voice.
"Tyler, are you sure Maggie's not around anymore?" Dean asked.
"Yeah I'm sure, I'd see her." Tyler nodded. Dean and Karli nodded too as Susan led Tyler down the steps and toward the taxi waiting for them.
"Well I guess whatever's going on must be over." Dean said to Karli and Sam as they walked over to the taxi. Susan opened the door and Sam held it open for them.
"You two take care of yourselves, alright." Sam said, putting his hand on Susan's back. Susan looked at him for a second before hugging him. Sam stood there confused for a second as Karli and Dean gave a small smirk.
"Thank you." She said pulling back, "All of you." She got into the car and Sam closed the door for her. They watched them take off before they turned around and walked back to the impala.
"Think you could have hooked up with some MILF action there, bud. Seriously, I think she liked you." Dean told Sam, causing Karli to roll her eyes.
"Yeah, that's all she needs." Sam said.
"Well you saved the mom, saved the girl. Not a bad day." Dean told him. "Of course I could've saved them myself but I didn't want you to feel useless." Karli and Sam both gave a small laugh.
"Alright, I appreciate it." Sam smirked.
"Feels good getting back in the saddle, doesn't it?" Dean asked.
"Yeah. Yeah, it does. But it doesn't change what we talked about last night, Dean." Sam told him.
"We talked about a lotta things last night." Dean said evasively.
"You know what I mean." Sam said, giving him a look.
"You were wasted." Dean tried to argue.
"But you weren't. And you promised." Sam told him. They gave each other looks before Sam looked down and got in the car. Karli looked at him and gave him a weak smile before getting in as well. Dean got in right after her and started the car. Sam turned around in his seat and gave Karli a weak smile.
"We almost forgot something." Sam told her.
"And what's that?" Karli asked, sitting forward and resting her head on the front seat between Sam and Dean. Dean had turned around and was looking at her too with a smirk on his face.
"This." Sam said as he and Dean brought their hands to her face that were both covered in chocolate icing. She tried to pull back but she was too slow and ended up getting her face covered in chocolate icing.
"So not fair." Karli tried to look sad but couldn't help laughing.
"I'm sorry." Dean and Sam said at the same time. Karli rolled her eyes and started wiping off the icing with her finger and eating it. She wasn't about to waste good chocolate and Sam and Dean both knew she wouldn't and laughed. Dean turned back around and pulled away from the hotel, the three of them laughing as though nothing was wrong, the earlier conversation forgotten for now.
Okay, watching three little kids sucks so bad. I had to watch a 5 year old, 3 year old and 18 month old since noon. I woke up at 11 this morning and by two, I was ready to go back to sleep I was so tired. Thank god my sister came to pick them up at 4 or I would've ended up falling asleep and let them roam the house.